Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1910)

Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S Porter the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice Being a silent film naturally all of Lewis Carrolls nonsensical prose could not be used and being only a onereel picture most of Carrolls memorable characters in his original 1865 novel similarly could not be included What was used in the film was faithful in spirit to Carroll and in design to the original John Tenniel illustrations Variety complimented the picture by comparing it favorably to the foreign film fantasies then flooding American cinemas